[Congressional Record Volume 144, Number 97 (Monday, July 20, 1998)]
[Senate]
[Pages S8554-S8558]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
LEGISLATIVE BRANCH APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 1999
The PRESIDING OFFICER. Under the previous order, the Senate will now
resume consideration of H.R. 4112, which the clerk will report.
The bill clerk read as follows:
A bill (H.R. 4112) making appropriations for the
Legislative Branch for the fiscal year ending September 30,
1999, and for other purposes.
The Senate resumed consideration of the bill.
Amendment No. 3220
(Purpose: To amend House legislative branch appropriation bill to
include Senate items.)
Mr. STEVENS. Mr. President, I send an amendment to the desk and ask
for its immediate consideration.
The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will report the amendment.
The legislative clerk read as follows:
The Senator from Alaska [Mr. Stevens], for Mr. Bennett, for
himself and Mr. Dorgan, proposes an amendment numbered 3220.
Mr. STEVENS. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that reading of
the amendment be dispensed with.
The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.
(The text of the amendment is printed in today's Record under
``Amendments Submitted.'')
Mr. STEVENS. This is, in effect, putting down our version of the
bill, and it becomes original text.
Amendments Nos. 3221, 3222, and 3223, en bloc, to Amendment No. 3220
Mr. STEVENS. I send to the desk a series of second-degree managers'
amendments and ask for their consideration.
The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will report the amendments.
The legislative clerk read as follows:
The Senator from Alaska [Mr. Stevens], for Mr. Bennett, for
himself and Mr. Dorgan, proposes amendments numbered 3221,
3222, and 3223, en bloc.
The amendments are as follows:
Amendment No. 3221
(Purpose: To increase the appropriation for Capitol Police expenses)
On page 14, line 24, strike ``$6,077,000'' and insert
``$6,297,000''.
amendment no. 3222
On page 2, line 9, strike ``$79,183,000'' and insert
``$87,233,000''.
On page 2, between lines 21 and 22, insert the following:
committee on appropriations
For salaries of the Committee on Appropriations,
$6,050,000.
On page 3, line 25, strike ``$19,332,000'' and insert
``$21,332,000''.
On page 4, line 22, strike $75,600,000'' and insert
``$66,800,000''.
On page 5, line 10, strike ``$7,905,000'' and insert
``$8,655,000''.
On page 12, between lines 2 and 3, insert the following:
Sec. 10. (a) The Committee on Appropriations is authorized
in its discretion--
(1) to hold hearings, report such hearings, and make
investigations as authorized by paragraph 1 of rule XXVI of
the Standing Rules of the Senate;
(2) to make expenditures from the contingent fund of the
Senate;
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(3) to employ personnel;
(4) with the prior consent of the Government department or
agency concerned and the Committee on Rules and
Administration to use, on a reimbursable or nonreimbursable
basis, the services of personnel of any such department or
agency;
(5) to procure the services of individual consultants, or
organizations thereof (as authorized by section 202(i) of the
Legislative Reorganization Act of 1946 and Senate Resolution
140, agreed to May 14, 1975); and
(6) to provide for the training of the professional staff
of such committee (under procedures specified by section
202(j) of such Act).
(b) Senate Resolution 54, agreed to February 13, 1997, is
amended by striking section 4.
(c) This section shall be effective on and after October 1,
1998, or the date of enactment of this Act, whichever is
later.
Sec. 11. (a)(1) The Chairman of the Appropriations
Committee of the Senate may, during any fiscal year, at his
or her election transfer funds from the appropriation account
for salaries for the Appropriations Committee of the Senate,
to the account, within the contingent fund of the Senate,
from which expenses are payable for such committee.
(2) The Chairman of the Appropriations Committee of the
Senate may, during any fiscal year, at his or her election
transfer funds from the appropriation account for expenses,
within the contingent fund of the Senate, for the
Appropriations Committee of the Senate, to the account from
which salaries are payable for such committee.
(b) Any funds transferred under this section shall be--
(1) available for expenditure by such committee in like
manner and for the same purposes as are other moneys which
are available for expenditure by such committee from the
account to which the funds were transferred; and
(2) made at such time or times as the Chairman shall
specify in writing to the Senate Disbursing Office.
(c) This section shall take effect on October 1, 1998, and
shall be effective with respect to fiscal years beginning on
or after that date.
amendment no. 3223
(Purpose: To amend the provisions relating to the Trade Deficit Review
Commission)
On page 35, line 8, strike all through line 9 on page 49
and insert the following:
TITLE IV--TRADE DEFICIT REVIEW COMMISSION
SEC. 401. SHORT TITLE.
This title may be cited as the ``Trade Deficit Review
Commission Act''.
SEC. 402. FINDINGS.
Congress makes the following findings:
(1) The United States continues to run substantial
merchandise trade and current account deficits.
(2) Economic forecasts anticipate continued growth in such
deficits in the next few years.
(3) The positive net international asset position that the
United States built up over many years was eliminated in the
1980s. The United States today has become the world's largest
debtor nation.
(4) The United States merchandise trade deficit is
characterized by large bilateral trade imbalances with a
handful of countries.
(5) The United States has one of the most open borders and
economies in the world. The United States faces significant
tariff and nontariff trade barriers with its trading
partners. The United States does not benefit from fully
reciprocal market access.
(6) The United States is once again at a critical juncture
in trade policy development. The nature of the United States
trade deficit and its causes and consequences must be
analyzed and documented.
SEC. 403. ESTABLISHMENT OF COMMISSION.
(a) Establishment.--There is established a commission to be
known as the Trade Deficit Review Commission (hereafter in
this title referred to as the ``Commission'').
(b) Purpose.--The purpose of the Commission is to study the
nature, causes, and consequences of the United States
merchandise trade and current account deficits.
(c) Membership of Commission.--
(1) Composition.--The Commission shall be composed of 12
members as follows:
(A) Three persons shall be appointed by the President pro
tempore of the Senate upon the recommendation of the Majority
Leader of the Senate, after consultation with the Chairman of
the Committee on Finance.
(B) Three persons shall be appointed by the President pro
tempore of the Senate upon the recommendation of the Minority
Leader of the Senate, after consultation with the ranking
minority member of the Committee on Finance.
(C) Three persons shall be appointed by the Speaker of the
House of Representatives, after consultation with the
Chairman of the Committee on Ways and Means.
(D) Three persons shall be appointed by the Minority Leader
of the House of Representatives, after consultation with the
ranking minority member of the Committee on Ways and Mean.
(2) Qualifications of members.--
(A) Appointments.--Persons who are appointed under
paragraph (1) shall be persons who--
(i) have expertise in economics, international trade,
manufacturing, labor, environment, business, or have other
pertinent qualifications or experience; and
(ii) are not officers or employees of the United States.
(B) Other considerations.--In appointing Commission
members, every effort shall be made to ensure that the
members--
(i) are representative of a broad cross-section of economic
and trade perspectives within the United States; and
(ii) provide fresh insights to analyzing the causes and
consequences of United States merchandise trade and current
account deficits.
(d) Period of Appointment; Vacancies.--
(1) In general.--Members shall be appointed not later than
60 days after the date of enactment of this Act and the
appointment shall be for the life of the Commission.
(2) Vacancies.--Any vacancy in the Commission shall not
affect its powers, but shall be filled in the same manner as
the original appointment.
(e) Initial Meeting.--Not later than 30 days after the date
on which all members of the Commission have been appointed,
the Commission shall hold its first meeting.
(f) Meetings.--The Commission shall meet at the call of the
Chairperson.
(g) Chairperson and Vice Chairperson.--The members of the
Commission shall elect a chairperson and vice chairperson
from among the members of the Commission.
(h) Quorum.--A majority of the members of the Commission
shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business.
(i) Voting.--Each member of the Commission shall be
entitled to 1 vote, which shall be equal to the vote of every
other member of the Commission.
SEC. 404. DUTIES OF THE COMMISSION.
(a) In General.--The Commission shall be responsible for
examining the nature, causes, and consequences of, and the
accuracy of available data on, the United States merchandise
trade and current account deficits.
(b) Issues to be Addressed.--The Commission shall examine
and report to the President, the Committee on Ways and Means
of the House of Representatives, the Committee on Finance of
the Senate, and other appropriate committees of Congress on
the following:
(1) The relationship of the merchandise trade and current
account balances to the overall well-being of the United
States economy, and to wages and employment in various
sectors of the United States economy.
(2) The impact that United States monetary and fiscal
policies may have on United States merchandise trade and
current account deficits.
(3) The extent to which the coordination, allocation, and
accountability of trade responsibilities among Federal
agencies may contribute to the trade and current account
deficits.
(4) The causes and consequences of the merchandise trade
and current account deficits and specific bilateral trade
deficits, including--
(A) identification and quantification of--
(i) the macroeconomic factors and bilateral trade barriers
that may contribute to the United States merchandise trade
and current account deficits;
(ii) any impact of the merchandise trade and current
account deficits on the domestic economy, industrial base,
manufacturing capacity, technology, number and quality of
jobs, productivity, wages, and the United States standard of
living;
(iii) any impact of the merchandise trade and current
account deficits on the defense production and innovation
capabilities of the United States; and
(iv) trade deficits within individual industrial,
manufacturing, and production sectors, and any relationship
between such deficits and the increasing volume of intra-
industry and intra-company transactions;
(B) a review of the adequacy and accuracy of the current
collection and reporting of import and export data, and the
identification and development of additional data bases and
economic measurements that may be needed to properly quantify
the merchandise trade and current account balances, and any
impact the merchandise trade and current account balances may
have on the United States economy; and
(C) the extent to which there is reciprocal market access
substantially equivalent to that afforded by the United
States in each country with which the United States has a
persistent and substantial bilateral trade deficit, and the
extent to which such deficits have become structural.
(5) Any relationship of United States merchandise trade and
current account deficits to both comparative and competitive
trade advantages within the global economy, including--
(A) a systematic analysis of the United States trade
patterns with different trading partners and to what extent
the trade patterns are based on comparative and competitive
trade advantages;
(B) the extent to which the increased mobility of capital
and technology has changed both comparative and competitive
trade advantages;
(C) any impact that labor, environmental, or health and
safety standards may have on comparative and competitive
trade advantages;
(D) the effect that offset and technology transfer
agreements have on the long-term competitiveness of the
United States manufacturing sectors; and
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(E) any effect that international trade, labor,
environmental, or other agreements may have on United States
competitiveness.
(6) The extent to which differences in the growth rates of
the United States and its trading partners may impact on
United States merchandise trade and current account deficits.
(7) The impact that currency exchange rate fluctuations and
any manipulation of exchange rates may have on United States
merchandise trade and current account deficits.
(8) The flow of investments both into and out of the United
States, including--
(A) any consequences for the United States economy of the
current status of the United States as a debtor nation;
(B) any relationship between such investment flows and the
United States merchandise trade and current account deficits
and living standards of United States workers;
(C) any impact such investment flows may have on United
States labor, community, environmental, and health and safety
standards, and how such investment flows influence the
location of manufacturing facilities; and
(D) the effect of barriers to United States foreign direct
investment in developed and developing nations, particularly
nations with which the United States has a merchandise trade
and current account deficit.
SEC. 405. FINAL REPORT.
(a) In General.--Not later than 12 months after the date of
the initial meeting of the Commission, the Commission shall
submit to the President and Congress a final report which
contains--
(1) the findings and conclusions of the Commission
described in section 404; and
(2) recommendations for addressing the problems identified
as part of the Commission's analysis.
(b) Separate Views.--Any member of the Commission may
submit additional findings and recommendations as part of the
final report.
SEC. 406. POWERS OF COMMISSION.
(a) Hearings.--The Commission may hold such hearings, sit
and act at such times and places, take such testimony, and
receive such evidence as the Commission may find advisable to
fulfill the requirements of this title. The Commission shall
hold at least 1 or more hearings in Washington, D.C., and 4
in different regions of the United States.
(b) Information From Federal Agencies.--The Commission may
secure directly from any Federal department or agency such
information as the Commission considers necessary to carry
out the provisions of this title. Upon request of the
Chairperson of the Commission, the head of such department or
agency shall furnish such information to the Commission.
(c) Postal Services.--The Commission may use the United
States mails in the same manner and under the same conditions
as other departments and agencies of the Federal Government.
SEC. 407. COMMISSION PERSONNEL MATTERS.
(a) Compensation of Members.--Each member of the Commission
shall be compensated at a rate equal to the daily equivalent
of the annual rate of basic pay prescribed for level IV of
the Executive Schedule under section 5315 of title 5, United
States Code, for each day (including travel time) during
which such member is engaged in the performance of the duties
of the Commission.
(b) Travel Expenses.--The members of the Commission shall
be allowed travel expenses, including per diem in lieu of
subsistence, at rates authorized for employees of agencies
under subchapter I of chapter 57 of title 5, United States
Code, while away from their homes or regular places of
business in the performance of services for the Commission.
(c) Staff.--
(1) In general.--The Chairperson of the Commission may,
without regard to the civil service laws and regulations,
appoint and terminate an executive director and such other
additional personnel as may be necessary to enable the
Commission to perform its duties. The employment of an
executive director shall be subject to confirmation by the
Commission.
(2) Compensation.--The Chairperson of the Commission may
fix the compensation of the executive director and other
personnel without regard to the provisions of chapter 51 and
subchapter III of chapter 53 of title 5, United States Code,
relating to classification of positions and General Schedule
pay rates, except that the rate of pay for the executive
director and other personnel may not exceed the rate payable
for level V of the Executive Schedule under section 5316 of
such title.
(d) Detail of Government Employees.--Any Federal Government
employee may be detailed to the Commission without
reimbursement, and such detail shall be without interruption
or loss of civil service status or privilege.
(e) Procurement of Temporary and Intermittent Services.--
The Chairperson of the Commission may procure temporary and
intermittent services under section 3109(b) of title 5,
United States Code, at rates for individuals which do not
exceed the daily equivalent of the annual rate of basic pay
prescribed for level V of the Executive Schedule under
section 5316 of such title.
SEC. 408. SUPPORT SERVICES.
The Administrator of the General Services Administration
shall provide to the Commission on a reimbursable basis such
administrative support services as the Commission may
request.
SEC. 409. APPROPRIATIONS.
There are appropriated $2,000,000 to the Commission to
carry out the provisions of this title.
Mr. STEVENS. Mr. President, these are three managers' amendments
which I have sent to the desk. They have been cleared on both sides of
the aisle. I ask for their immediate adoption en bloc and I ask
unanimous consent that the motion to reconsider be laid upon the table.
The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. The
amendments are agreed to, en bloc.
The amendments (Nos. 3221, 3222, and 3223) were agreed to, en bloc.
Amendment No. 3220, As amended
Mr. STEVENS. Mr. President, I ask for the adoption of the underlying
first-degree amendment, as amended.
The PRESIDING OFFICER. If there is no objection, the underlying
amendment is agreed to, as amended.
The amendment (No. 3220), as amended, was agreed to.
Mr. STEVENS. I move to reconsider the vote and move to lay that
motion on the table.
The motion to lay on the table was agreed to.
Amendment No. 3224
(Purpose: To require certain Legislative Branch officials to submit to
Congress lists of activities performed under the jurisdiction of the
officials that are not inherently governmental functions)
Mr. STEVENS. Mr. President, I send to the desk an amendment on behalf
of Senator Thomas and Senator Brownback.
The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will report the amendment.
The bill clerk read as follows:
The Senator from Alaska [Mr. Stevens], for Mr. Thomas, for
himself and Mr. Brownback, proposes an amendment numbered
3224.
Mr. STEVENS. I ask unanimous consent that reading of the amendment be
dispensed with.
The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.
The amendment is as follows:
At the appropriate place at the end of the bill insert:
Sec. 311. (a) This section applies to the following
officials:
(1) The Architect of the Capitol.
(2) The Secretary of the Senate
(3) The sergeant at Arms and Doorkeeper of the Senate.
(4) The Public Printer.
(5) The Director, and the Executive Director, of the United
States botanic Garden.
(b)(1) Not later than March 30, 1999, each official named
in subsection (a) shall submit to Congress a list of each
activity that----
(A) is to be performed by or for the official in fiscal
year 2000;
(B) is not an inherently governmental function; and
(C) is----
(i) performed by a Federal Government source on September
30, 1998; or
(ii) initiated after that date, if one or more Federal
government sources are to be considered for selection as the
source to perform the activity.
(2) Each list shall include (for each activity listed)----
(A) the number of full-time employees (or its equivalent)
that would be necessary for the performance of the activity
by a Federal Government source; and
(B) the name of a Federal Government employee responsible
for the activity from whom additional information about the
activity may be obtained.
(c) An activity is not required to be included on an
official's list under subsection (b) if the activity, as
determined by the official----
(1) is to be performed as a Federal Government response to
a national emergency declared by the President or Congress;
(2) is to be performed for the official by a privat3e
sector source pursuant to a contract or other agreement
entered into by the head of another department or agency of
the Federal Government; or
(3) is the provision of items that should be produced,
manufactured, or provided, or services that should be
provided, by a Federal Government source for reasons of
national security (including reasons relating to the
acquisition, processing, or analysis of intelligence in the
national security interests of the United States).
(d) In this section:
(1) The term ``Federal Government source'', with respect to
performance of an activity, means any organization within the
Federal Government that uses Federal Government employees to
perform the activity.
(2)(A) The term ``inherently governmental function'' means
a function that is so intimately related to the public
interest as to require performance by Federal Government
employees.
(B) The term includes activities that require either the
exercise of discretion in applying Federal government
authority or the making of value judgments in making
decisions for the Federal government, including
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judgments relating to monetary transactions and entitlements.
An inherently governmental function involves, among other
things, the interpretation and execution of the laws of the
United States so as--
(i) to bind the United States to take or not to take some
action by contract, policy, regulation, authorization, order,
or otherwise;
(ii) to determine, protect, and advance United States
economic, political, territorial, property, or other
interests by military or diplomatic action, civil or criminal
judicial proceedings, contract management, or otherwise;
(iii) to significantly affect the life, liberty, or
property of private persons;
(iv) to commission, appoint, direct, or control officers or
employees of the United States; or
(v) to exert ultimate control over the acquisition, use, or
disposition of the property, real or personal, tangible or
intangible, of the United States, including the collection,
control, or disbursement of appropriated and other Federal
funds.
(C) The term does not normally include----
(i) gathering information for or providing advice,
opinions, recommendations, or ideas to Federal Government
officials; or
(ii) any function that is primarily ministerial and
internal in nature (such as building security, mail
operations, operation of cafeterias, housekeeping, facilities
operations and maintenance, warehouse operations, motor
vehicle fleet management operations, or other routine
electrical or mechanical services).
(3) The term ``private sector source'', with respect to the
operation of a facility owned by the Federal Government,
includes a contractor that is operating, or is to operate,
the facility.
Mr. THOMAS. Mr. President, I am pleased to join my colleague, Senator
Brownback, in offering this amendment. What we seek to do with this
amendment is quite simple: require the legislative branch to identify
its commercial functions that are performed in-house.
For the past several years, I have been the primary Senate sponsor of
the Freedom from Government Competition Act. That legislation would
codify the 40 year old administrative policy in place for the executive
branch which requires: (1) Federal agencies to identify their
commercial activities; and (2) Conduct public/private competitions to
determine whether the private sector or government employees can
provide the ``best value'' to the American taxpayer. Unfortunately,
this policy, now found in OMB Circular A-76, is routinely ignored by
many federal executive agencies. In fact, OMB recently issued another
call for federal agencies' commercial inventories, its third request in
the last several years. That's why Senator Brownback and I have been
working to get this policy into statute.
Today, Senator Brownback and I seek to extend some of these
requirements to cover the legislative branch. In fact, we know that
there are over one million federal executive branch employees engaged
in commercial work. But since this policy doesn't apply to the
legislative branch, we don't know how many legislative branch employees
are doing commercial work, how much that work costs or whether the work
could be done more efficiently by the private sector. This amendment
will help us gather that information and make the legislative branch
play by the same rules as the rest of the federal government.
I urge my colleagues to support this good government, common sense
reform.
Mr. BROWNBACK. Mr. President, the amendment that Senator Thomas and I
have offered would simply require the Architect of the Capitol, the
Secretary of the Senate, the Sergeant at Arms of the Senate, the Public
Printer, and the Director of the United States Botanic Garden to submit
to Congress an inventory of all noninherently governmental--or
commercial--activities.
Throughout this session of Congress, my colleague from Wyoming and I
have been working on S. 314, also known as the Federal Activities
Inventory Reform (FAIR) Act, which would require the Federal agencies
to do the same. My subcommittee, the Oversight Subcommittee on
Government Management, Restructuring, and the District of Columbia has
held three hearings focusing on this legislation. More recently, the
Senate Governmental Affairs Committee reported this bill out of
committee. This bill has bipartisan support, the support of the
Administration, as well as Federal employees and the industry
community.
Through our work on this issue, we concluded that this requirement
should apply to the legislative branch as well. Last month, OMB asked
all Federal agencies to submit their commercial inventory to OMB. The
legislative branch should do the same and submit their inventory to
Congress.
The Thomas-Brownback amendment tasks those who are engaged in the
daily operations of the legislative branch to identify these commercial
activities. Once these activities are identified, the heads of these
legislative branch departments, along with the Senators, will have the
opportunity to evaluate these functions.
Past discussions concerning these activities in the legislative
branch have focused only on specific targets such as the Senate Barber
Shop and Beauty Salon. In order to have a comprehensive view of how to
improve operations in the legislative branch, we need to know all
commercial activities performed in-house.
As the legislative body of the Federal Government, we, as Congress
have the opportunity to not only legislate on this issue, but to set an
example. I challenge my colleagues who are committed to ensuring that
no taxpayer's dollar is wasted in the Federal Government, to set this
example and support this amendment.
Mr. STEVENS. Mr. President, I ask for adoption of the amendment.
The PRESIDING OFFICER. Is there further debate on the amendment?
Mr. STEVENS. I say, it was with some reservations that I sent this
amendment to the desk. But that was the agreement of the managers that
was made on Friday, that we would adopt this amendment. Therefore, I
ask to carry out their agreement.
The PRESIDING OFFICER. If there is no objection, the amendment is
agreed to.
The amendment (No. 3224) was agreed to.
Mr. STEVENS. Mr. President, I move to reconsider the vote and move to
lay that motion on the table.
The motion to lay on the table was agreed to.
Mr. STEVENS. I suggest the absence of a quorum.
The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will call the roll.
The bill clerk proceeded to call the roll.
Mr. STEVENS. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the order
for the quorum call be rescinded.
The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.
Mr. DOMENICI. Mr. President, I rise in support of S. 2138, the
legislative branch appropriations bill for fiscal year 1999.
The bill, as reported provides $1.6 billion in new budget authority
and $1.3 billion in outlays for the Senate and other legislative branch
agencies, including the Library of Congress, the General Accounting
Office, and the Government Printing Office, among others. As a matter
of comity, the bill does not include funding for operations of the
House of Representatives.
When outlays from prior year appropriations and other adjustments are
taken into account, the bill totals $2.4 billion in budget authority
and outlays. The bill is under the subcommittee's 302(b) allocation $38
million in budget authority and at its allocation for outlays.
I want to commend the distinguished chairman and ranking member of
the Legislative Branch Subcommittee for producing a bill that is
substainially within their 302(b) allocation. I am pleased that this
bill continues to hold the lien on congressional spending.
Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent to have printed in the record
a table displaying the Budget Committee scoring of S. 2137, as
reported. I urge the Senate to support this bill and refrain from
offering amendments that would cause the subcommittee to violate its
302(b) allocation.
There being no objection, the table was ordered to be printed in the
Record, as follows:
S. 2137, LEGISLATIVE BRANCH APPROPRIATIONS, 1999 SPENDING COMPARISONS--SENATE-REPORTED BILL
[Fiscal year 1999, in millions of dollars]
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Defense Nondefense Crime Mandatory Total
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Senate-reported bill:
Budget authority............................................ ....... 2,361 ....... 94 2,455
Outlays..................................................... ....... 2,328 ....... 94 2,422
Senate 302(b) allocation:
Budget authority............................................ ....... 2,399 ....... 94 2,493
Outlays..................................................... ....... 2,328 ....... 94 2,422
1998 level:
Budget authority............................................ ....... 2,257 ....... 92 2,349
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Outlays..................................................... ....... 2,209 ....... 92 2,301
President's request
Budget authority............................................ ....... 2,472 ....... 94 2,566
Outlays..................................................... ....... 2,411 ....... 94 2,505
House-passed bill:
Budget authority............................................ ....... 2,330 ....... 94 2,424
Outlays..................................................... ....... 2,302 ....... 94 2,396
SENATE-REPORTED BILL COMPARED TO
Senate 302(b) allocation:
Budget authority............................................ ....... -38 ....... ......... -38
Outlays..................................................... ....... .......... ....... ......... .......
1998 level:
Budget authority............................................ ....... 104 ....... 2 106
Outlays..................................................... ....... 119 ....... 2 121
President's request
Budget authority............................................ ....... -111 ....... ......... -111
Outlays..................................................... ....... -83 ....... ......... -83
House-passed bill:
Budget authority............................................ ....... 31 ....... ......... 31
Outlays..................................................... ....... 26 ....... ......... 26
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Note.--Details may not add to totals due to rounding. Totals adjusted for consistency with current scorekeeping
conventions.
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